Three-dimensional muscle and fascial pieces

Abstract

A plurality of muscle pieces includes individual muscle pieces that correspond to individual muscles in the human body. Each muscle piece may be attached to a skeleton model of the human body at a location of the muscle to which the muscle piece corresponds. Each muscle piece may be separately attached to the skeleton model. The muscle pieces may be attached to the skeleton model in one or more layers on the skeleton model. The muscle pieces may be both attached to and removed from the skeleton model during use.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A system, comprising:
 a plurality of muscle pieces, wherein each muscle piece corresponds to an individual muscle in a human body, and wherein each muscle piece is configured to be attached to a skeleton model of the human body at a location of the muscle to which the muscle piece corresponds;   wherein each muscle piece is configured to be separately attached to the skeleton model;   wherein the muscle pieces are configured to be attached to the skeleton model in one or more layers on the skeleton model; and   wherein the muscle pieces are configured to be both attached to and removed from the skeleton model during use.   
     
     
         2 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the skeleton model is a three-dimensional skeleton model. 
     
     
         3 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein each muscle piece is configured to be repeatedly attached to and repeatedly removed from the skeleton model during use. 
     
     
         4 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the muscle pieces comprise varying colors that are varied to correspond to different layers of muscle in the human body, and wherein each muscle piece comprises a color corresponding to the layer of its corresponding muscle in the human body. 
     
     
         5 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein at least two muscle pieces at least partially overlap when attached to the skeleton model. 
     
     
         6 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein each muscle piece is configured to be attached to the skeleton model at a point of insertion and/or origin in the human body of the corresponding muscle. 
     
     
         7 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the muscle pieces correspond to major muscles of the human body. 
     
     
         8 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the plurality of muscle pieces is formed on a sheet of material, and wherein a user removes the muscles pieces from the sheet of material. 
     
     
         9 . The system of  claim 8 , wherein negative spaces left in the sheet by the removed muscle pieces can be used as patterns for forming additional identical muscle pieces. 
     
     
         10 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein each muscle piece comprises identifying information pertaining to its corresponding muscle on one side of the muscle piece. 
     
     
         11 . A method for forming a muscle pattern corresponding to a selected muscle in a human body, comprising:
 draping a piece of material on a three-dimensional model of a skeleton at a location of the selected muscle on the human body;   drawing a pattern of the selected muscle on the material piece;   removing the material piece from the skeleton model;   straightening out the muscle pattern on the material piece;   cutting out the muscle pattern from the material piece;   redraping the muscle pattern on the skeleton model;   assessing a shape and size of the muscle pattern to see if the muscle pattern properly represents the selected muscle when the muscle pattern is draped on the skeleton; and   fine-tuning the shape and size of the muscle pattern as needed until the muscle pattern properly represents the selected muscle when the muscle pattern is draped on the skeleton.   
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 11 , further comprising using the muscle pattern to define a muscle piece on a sheet of material corresponding to the selected muscle. 
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 11 , further comprising converting the muscle pattern into a digital format. 
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 13 , further comprising using the digital format of the muscle pattern to define a muscle piece on a sheet of material corresponding to the selected muscle. 
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 11 , wherein fine-tuning the shape and size of the muscle pattern comprises removing the muscle pattern from the skeleton model, recutting the muscle pattern, redraping the muscle pattern on the skeleton model, and reassessing the shape and size of the muscle pattern. 
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 11 , wherein straightening out the muscle pattern comprises transposing the muscle pattern from a three-dimensional curved pattern to a flat, two-dimensional pattern and drawing a fine-tuned shape of each muscle pattern. 
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 11 , wherein the piece of material comprises a piece of fabric material. 
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 11 , further comprising repeating the method with additional pieces of material to form additional muscle patterns for additional selected muscles in the human body. 
     
     
         19 . A system, comprising:
 one or more fascial line pieces, wherein each fascial line piece corresponds to an individual fascial line of muscles in a human body, and wherein each fascial line piece is configured to be separately placed on a skeleton model of the human body at a location of the fascial line of muscles to which the fascial line piece corresponds;   wherein each fascial line piece comprises two or more muscle pieces coupled together in one or more fascial linking materials, and wherein each muscle piece corresponds to an individual muscle in the fascial line of muscles to which the fascial line piece corresponds; and   wherein the fascial line pieces are configured to be both placed on and removed from the skeleton model.   
     
     
         20 . The system of  claim 19 , wherein the skeleton model is a three-dimensional skeleton model. 
     
     
         21 . The system of  claim 19 , wherein the fascial linking materials correspond to fascia in the human body. 
     
     
         22 . The system of  claim 19 , wherein each fascial line piece is configured to be repeatedly placed on and repeatedly removed from the skeleton model during use. 
     
     
         23 . The system of  claim 19 , wherein the fascial line pieces are configured to be draped over a human being. 
     
     
         24 . The system of  claim 19 , wherein at least two fascial line pieces at least partially overlap when placed on the skeleton model. 
     
     
         25 . The system of  claim 19 , wherein at least one of the fascial line pieces comprises pelvic floor muscle pieces and the pelvic floor fascial line piece is placed on a pelvic area of the skeleton model during use. 
     
     
         26 . The system of  claim 19 , wherein the muscle pieces comprise varying colors that are varied to correspond to different layers of muscle in the human body, wherein each muscle piece comprises a color corresponding to the layer of its corresponding muscle in the human body, and wherein each fascial line piece comprises muscle pieces with substantially the same color.